Continued from Manton Bay – June 2020.
The history of the Manton Bay nest, breeding stats and links to previous threads can be found here
The season so far: The resident pair both returned on 16 March - Blue 33(11) at 07:12 and Maya at 13:16. Maya, for the second consecutive year, laid four eggs – the first on 29 March and the other three first seen 4, 6 and 9 April. Maya and Blue 33(11) faithfully incubated the eggs and on day 38, chick #1 hatched 6 May c 13:20 followed by chick #2 on 8 May c 06:10, chick #3 on 10 May c14:45, and chick #4 on 13 May c20:45. On 16 June the chicks were ringed with their blue darvics – chick #1- 080, chick #2 - 081, chick #3 - 082 and chick #4 - 083 - and are all thought to be males.
On 26 June at 16:03, Blue 080 fledged aged 51 days followed by Blue 082 at 06:15 on 29 June aged 50 days and soon 081 and 083 will too.
For the next six weeks or so, the chicks will explore their surroundings perfecting their flying skills and strengthening their wings and for when they migrate. Until then Maya and 33 will protect their young and 33 will continue to bring in fish for his family.
Webcam\Copyright: © Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust
It is very hard to read the rings still but I think it was 083 on the right of our captures
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21:37 B33 brings a whole fish to the nest to a waiting Maya and two juveniles. One of the youngsters, who had been shouting for a while, claims it
21:40
21:46 Juvenile waiting for his turn at the fish has a displaced feather
21:49 The one with the displaced feather is eating the innards, the other still has the fish
21:54 Now alone on the nest and still enjoying his fish
22:05 ENS, fish has been taken too (I'd stepped away from my computer so didn't see events just prior)
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Somebody has an enormous fish and the other is searching around to see if there is one for them
C ROP
12:14 Two juveniles on the nest - (081 at the back and I think it is 082 in front)
12:17 082? flies off leaving 081
who is now shouting
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Rutland advise on FB that 33 brought in a large first early this morning
Click here to access their post/video
In the video, it is 080 and 081 on the nest with Maya (as per video title) but hopefully the rest of the family got a share of that huge fish
Two hungry mouths (beaks) shouting for fish, especiallu 081
Two on the nest just now calling for their fish